I bought a Sony Walkman

It keeps happening. I can't control it. Sometimes, I feel nostalgic for some old piece of tech, and before I know what's happening, I'm already browsing eBay looking for one. That's how I ended up with an old Thinkpad from 2004 recently. And now it happened again, and so I'm now the proud owner of a Sony Cassette Walkman. Despite not having any tapes anymore.... Ok, so I got nostalgic for Walkmans (Walkmen?) and tapes recently, and as I was browsing eBay I found this one, sold as not working, and it cost only 17,50€ including shipping. It looks a little beat up, but I'm fine with that. In fact, I prefer it because I noticed that if I buy some retro hardware that still looks pristine, I'm hesitant to use it because I'm scared I will scratch it up. So when a device comes with some cosmetic damage already, that's perfect for me. Sony WM-EX521 I also bought a tape, because what would I do with a Walkman without a tape? It's one of my favourite albums by Rush, Signals from 1982. Rush,…